China has become the test of our time and it is the responsibility of nations like the US and Australia to protect the "international rules-based order", the prime minister says.
Anthony Albanese has wrapped up an official visit to Washington DC, welcoming US efforts to maintain open lines of communication with China.
"As a great American president ... proved 60 years ago, during the Cuban Crisis, the true measure of a superpower's strength is the ability to pull the world back from the brink of conflict," Mr Albanese said.
